Professor Penelope Simons and her colleagues Sara Seck of Dalhousie University, and Areli Valencia and Jose Carlos Orihuela of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru have been awarded a grant for a project entitled “Closing the Gender Equality Gap in the Extractive Sector: The Role of Institutional and Normative Frameworks in Canada and Peru”.

Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation invites applications for a Fellowship in Gender, Science and Technology created in partnership with the University of Ottawa. This position is for a maximum of four months and welcomes graduate students from all Faculties at the University of Ottawa.

Common Law’s Professor Elizabeth Sheehy, Professor Michael Geist and Professor Allan Rock have all been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province's highest honour, awarded to Ontarians for excellence and achievement in any field.

Brian Dickson Law Library

The Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa is proud to name the law library the Brian Dickson Law Library and grateful to Mrs. Barbara Dickson, her family and friends for supporting the construction of the beautiful Brian Dickson Reading Room to honour the late Chief Justice Brian Dickson.